Update

Remember, Adeshina Olusanya was Assistant General Secretary, Financial Secretary, and Auditor of Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) , Lagos - at various times. He is Author of HEARTSTRINGS (poems), and HUES LANE (poems)
and yet-to-be published collection of new and more imagistic poems.



Olusanya's Health

Adeshina Olusanya is presently down with stroke.

Olusanya is using Ikorodu General Hospital, Ikeja LASUTH & Local Herbs sources.

Olusanya's Address is:

12, Alhaja Bola Lawal,
Akaun, ADAMO,
(Along Itokin/Imota/Agbowa Road)
Ikorodu North,
Lagos.
Tel. 07090214918 , 08028289045

ENCOURAGING WORDS ARE WELCOME
Your useful words of encourragement/advice are appreciated, so is any form of assistance. His contacts include: +2347090214918

Relevant Group's Discussion Link:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Writersdomain/message/249
http://www.facebook.com/adeshina.olusanya

"The chains of love are never so binding as when the links are made of gold". - Royall Tyler

COMMITTE OF FRIENDS (WITH Support from
DEBORAH OLUSANYA (MRS),
ANA, Lagos Member (& wife)
Tel. 08028289045


APPRECIATION

Remi Fatai Giwa (USA)
Adewole Olusanya ( brother)
Rector, LASPOTECH
Bursar, LASPOTECH
ANA Lagos Executives & Members
Bursary Staff Members, LASPOTECH,
Olubukola Mate (Mrs) ( neighbour)
Kenneth Igbonazobi
Modupe Adenubi (Mrs) ANA
Bro Salami (Itamaga)
Itamaga Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses
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Adeshina Olusanya, Nigerian poet

Adeshina Olusanya is a Nigerian poet and an active member of Association of Nigerian Authors(ANA).

==Life==

Born at Ebutte-metta Lagos, Nigeria, Olusanya is a professional accountant and manager, but his greatest passion has been for Literature (poetry in particular).

He underwent and still undergoes studies in English and Greek Literature: a fact reflected in references and sensitivity to Greek heroes, culture, environment and sentiments in his works.

He has published two main (own) anthologies to date, whilst his poems and reviews have appeared in anthologies such as those published by International Library of Poetry, USA, Voicesnet.org, U.K., Animal Antics Collections (Forwardpress.co.uk)U.K , BBC Collective, U.K., Lagos State Polytechnic Departmental Journals, "Sound Tracks" (ILP) (Voice Recordings) Audio CD's, USA, amongst others.

Olusanya's poetical works often delve into social, political, economic and entertainment issues that touch the heart, sensitive subjects that tug at man's heartstrings. His poetry sings, inquires and informs.

In addition, his interest in the studies of Japanese poetry such as the poetical works of Matsuo Basho and Kyakuchi, has landed him in publishing volumes of standard haiku poetry. Olusanya has written over seventy haiku poems (some 41 of which have been published so far in his two books, as a separate section).

Olusanya has brought much to his writing, so much so that, at a time, he left his very lucrative job at the Polytechnic, Lagos State, Nigeria for his occasionally radical, critical writings.
He is presently working as an Accounts subject teacher and class teacher in a secondary school in Lagos, Nigeria.

==Education==

Adeshina Olusanya had his studies at Saint Finbarr's College, Akoka, Yaba, Lagos State Polytechnic,Isolo, Federal University of Technology, Owerri (in Nigeria).

==Works==

*''Heartstrings (poems)'' (2005) ISBN 978 34398 9 8.
*''Hues Lane (poems)'' (2006) ISBN 978 34398 9 8

==Links==

http://www.voicesnet.org/displayonepoem.aspx?poemid=89039

http://www.poetry.com/dotnet/P6816835/999/6/display.aspx

http://www.bookfinder.com/dir/i/Heartstrings-Poems/978343988X/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_poets

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Introspect

I (Jollity) Late in the night Baobab slept off Healing leaves Have slept. Howwould it feel As I felt the branch As wind moved up trunk And reached the leaves. And, I, so impetuous, so unrestrained, Reached the first fruit. I heard some nocturnal bird howl Not for me the melancholic cry! Merrily, merrily I sang. - Adeshina Olusanya (adapted from HEARTSTRINGS (poems) (2005) "Honeymoon" (Pages 24 & 25) http://www.igventures.blogspot.com/ II (Discourse) Baobab, later in the night You fell fast asleep your healing leaves Had slept. Did you feel it When softly I felt the branch? Did you feel it When wind moved up trunk And reachead the leaves? What feelings flashed As impetuously, unrestrained, I reached For fruits, these juicy fruits? "I heard some nocturnal bird howl Not for me the melancholic cry! Merrily, merrily I sang." - Olusanya http://olusanya1.blogspot.com/ website. <a href="http://www.new.facebook.com/people/Adeshina_Olusanya/1028467941" title="Adeshina Olusanya's Facebook profile" target=_TOP><img src="http://badge.facebook.com/badge/1028467941.103.520592759.png" border=0 alt="Adeshina Olusanya's Facebook profile"></a>

HAIKU (poems)

With LOVE from POET Adesina Olusanya...

FROM THE HAIKU COLLECTION OF ADESHINA OLUSANYA (POET)
(Published & Unpublished)
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The Haikus:


Too late!
“Sparrowhawk! O hawk!
How I fear thee,” sobs poor chick…
“Ah! Mother warned me!”


To Light
All the world’s turned dark,
Heaven, shine your light! Earth, Lord’s
Angel passes by!

Parrot
“Pieces of eight”, you
Bird on Treasure Island say,
Pray, Bird, what is that?

This Weather
It’s been cold all night –
Dew drops into daffodils
Thay Sun may come lick!

This Peace!
The dove comes perching
The eagle hovers on high
Hen, chicks hide in cage.

Rhinoceros
Slave turns king! Trump! Eh,
Now rhino comes to town, could
Outcries stay afar?

A Trip to Earth’s Edge
The sky sprawls onward
Oh! Far off, clouds kiss earth still!
Is the trip this long?


Turns
Morn. Doves, sparrows, quails
Meet, kissing gently in rows.
Night. Bats, owls take turns.

Thanks
Thanks be to the lord
Who has made His book for us
That everyone can read.

NEPA
Bill na im NEPA
Sabi. Light no dey. Na wa
For this NEPA o!

Breezy Sunset
Swinging tree leaves lull
Sun to sleep. See! See! O! Just
As Moon’s half awake!

The Worker
He toils till sunset
So his family could eat,
God bless the poor.

That Roman Emperor
Caesar, Caesar, have
Back your things! Oh! Nero, Nero
We give God His due.

Be Good
Loyal to owner,
Holy, diligent at work. Yes,
Be a good fellow.

How Long?
O for a nation!
For a reign of witty ones,
How long shall I wait?

Sea Wind
O mighty sea wind,
O Atlantic Ocean’s waves
Spread my thoughts earthwide.


Dawn
A bird sings sweetly,
A cock crows as I awake.
A jolly new day!

My Love
Like soothing ice-cream
Dear, my love for you is cool.
Oft, I cherish you!


How!
King you call me names,
Label me mad. Judge, how good
Your good offices!

Colombus
Colombus was wrong.
This world’s crooked! Everything
Is in disarray!

God
God made light to shine
Of light He’s made everything.
Darkness he dispels.

Merriment
For some heartfelt tune!
Cock-tail party on the rocks…
Some soul, wine and fun!

Apple (I)
An apple for two!
By heart’s host of daffodils!
Ripe apple’s for two.

Apple (II) (or Heartstrings)
Share out the apple
Midst heart’s host of daffodils,
Apple comes to two!

I Shall
I shall stay strong I
Know. See! How lilies grow wild!
Grief turns joy at dawn.

Twilight
Sun grins and parts… O!
How Moon smiles her way in! Dawn,
Dawn, come out and feast.

Let Go
When a dame’s fed up,
Asks to leave; why’ let go! Let’s
Not brood; life goes on.

Beans (I)
Crushed, sweet oiled boiled beans…
Labourers’ breakfast served with starch…
To have beans for lunch!

Beans (II)
Some crushed, sweet, cooked beans!
Togo’s export, like couscous.
I’ll have beans for lunch.

Please
Please, show me your shack,
O Philosophical Calm!
Ah, let’s trace your path.

Allen at Night
I hate their comings
These little horses that bark,
That chase, devour -.

Sodom
For want of wits, this
Earth’s razed in burning sulphur,
Crushed rejected gem stone!

Pain
Pain it is we hate
But teaches us wisdom: harsh
Lesson! Welcome, Pain.

Ige
You missed the point,
Sage, you missed the point. Most
Friends we make turn foes.


Sunset at Sea
Sky-blue, sky-yellow
Where heads the sail now?
I’ll be fast asleep.

Coconut Tree
O coconut trees,
How you adorn Badagry!
Kiss her gently.

Prayer
Let me not belong
To such breasts as wide open
To all who crave them.

Tell Me
My soul, my love, just
Why must we both speak in tongues
While Jezebel jeers?

Lovers’ War
Ah! Paris! Helen!
Lovers starting Trojan war
Killed Hector, Achilles…

May I
May I too belong
To such groovy streams of love
As touch many souls.

Let Me
Let me too belong
To this groovy pond of souls
Touching mankind’s heart.

Come Away
Come away with me
Come, let’s lay back on night’s grass
Hold hand out to count.

Fluid
Feel me flow, flow back
And forth, flow up and down. Feel
Me flow…What’s my name?


- Shina Olusanya
http://sinaolusanya.blogspot.com/

http://igventures.blogspot.com/

Submission of my Haiku Collection (own) for your consideration for publication. Thanks. - A O Olusanya

Haiku, my haiku... Shina Olusanya +2348023767510  +2348028289045      http://adeshina.blogspot.com              http://sinaolusanya.blogspot.com http://shinaolusanya.9f.com         --- On Tue, 7/22/08, Shina Olusanya <rianlewis@yahoo.com> wrote: From: Shina Olusanya <rianlewis@yahoo.com> Subject: Submission of my Haiku Collection (own) for your consideration for publication. Thanks. - A O Olusanya To: "Nigerian Haiku Association" <nigerianhaiku@yahoo.com> Date: Tuesday, July 22, 2008, 1:21 PM Submitted as Microsoft Word attachement below are the Haiku poems written by me. Kindly include them in you proposed Haiku publication.   I am a published poet. My published works are HEARTSTRINGS (2005) and HUES LANE (2006) both containing some 40 Haiku poems amongst other forms of poetry. My picture is also attached. I am an executive member of ANA, Lagos (Asst. Gen Sec.).   More information about me could be obtained from blogs listed below. Adeshina Olusanya +2348023767510  +2348028289045      http://adeshina.blogspot.com              http://sinaolusanya.blogspot.com http://shinaolusanya.9f.com

Two Years After, Society Celebrates Ebereonwu With Haikus

Two Years After ,Society Celebrates Ebereonwu With Haikus http://www.guardiannewsngr.com/sunday_magazine/article36/290608 http://igventures.blogspot.com/

Drunkard on Ghetto Streets (Poem)

Tossed about
By woe waves he staggered
Towards a refuse dump.

He stumbled -
Broken bottles, pails lay ahead.

"Who's there? he muttered
Along Hues Lane
He fell, rolled, sighed
(Bottle in hand). Possessed...

Slept, dreamt

He's woken
By jeers of curious crowd.


- Adeshina
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http://sinaolusanya.blogspot.com Haiku Poetry (Blog) etc
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http://kingdomnewsflash.blogspot.com/ This Good News of the Kingdom ('Gospel' Poetry)
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http://poetry.com/ International Library of Poetry (USA) (Search there for Adeshina Olusanya)

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Literary REVIEWS - What do People Say About Published Works of Adeshina OLUSANYA?

WHAT SOME HAVE SAID ABOUT Adeshina OLUSANYA's poetry (books):


"The beauty of virtually every verse in Hues Lane consists in its rhythmic flow and simplicity of expression." - Folu Agoi (2006), Chairman,Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA), Lagos, Nigeria.

"All in all, this anthology (Heartstrings) due to its proper arrangement has been recommended to some schools in Lagos state." - New Age Newspaper

"Just like Heartstrings, the poems in Hues Lane capture the beauty in nature, in simplistic and poetic form. Poems in this collection are narrative, dramatic and lyrical in nature. His poetry sings: they stand for truth and beauty in nature. These poems describe ordinary people in simple settings but the thoughts and emotions behind the poems are more complex." - New Age Newspaper

"...Hues Lane is a poetic portrait reflecting an exciting range of colours drawn from the author's socio-cultural and political milieu." - Daily SUN Newspaper

"...the poems are easily digestible in terms of content and form... Adesina Olusanya's diction has given poetry a human face...Heartstrings is a result of many years of rumination, an attempt to lift the hearts of many that are strung with the many problems of life." - National Interest Newspaper

"One major quality of Olusanya's Heartstrings is the poet's infusion of Haiku culture in the collection...This is where the poet becomes a trailblazer. his dramatization of the location is as imaginative as that of the Haiku grandmasters: Kyakuchi and Matsuo Basho...This is where the poet stands out from other Nigerian poets."
- Daily SUN Newspaper

"Olusanya's poetry... transcends issues bordering on the physical and, or psychological...It also touches on the spiritual..."
- Rex Odoemenam
Poet and Author

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WHO SHOULD A WRITER MARRY?

WHOM SHOULD A WRITER MARRY?

By Richardson C. Ofili

Dateline: Saturday February 9, 2008. Five days before Valentine's Day the inspiration behind the theme of discussion: "Whom should a writer marry?" The stage was set. The Disk Jokee (D.J) was there with modern gadgets to carry out the brief given him by the Chairman of the Association of Nigeria Authors, the Centre of Excellence Chapter, Lagos, Mr. Chike Ofili: to play only love songs from the 1980s to date. Invitations had gone out inviting writers to "Come Coupled" – to "bring or borrow a partner" to the event. Disappointingly, writers began to come in trickles and later aplenty – all male save three females: the association's treasurer, Mrs. Iquo Diane Eke, a female member and a female journalist, Elizabeth Akinfolarin on assignment with her boss Godwin Oritse from the Vanguard Newspaper.

      This became worrying for the EXCO that had had to commit very scarce resources to giving writers a good valentine season. The D.J. got tired of being kept waiting by poetry readings and audience responses that he moved from strolling around to sleeping outrightly.

The meeting opened with the Chairman leading the writers to sing the second stanza of the national anthem which is both a prayer and expression of hope, the innovation took many by surprise and quite a few could articulate this unpopular stanza. He thereupon handed over to the General Secretary, Mr.Raph Tathagata who anchored the first segment where writers are allowed to read whatever they have to offer with copies of works to a responding audience of fellow writers. As this continued, the writers' landlord, Mr. Joe Musa, the painter and Director General of the National Gallery of Arts, a wing of the National Theatre where Lagos writers hold there meetings every second Saturdays of the months, came in flanked by ……………………… the programme controller at Channels Television. He felicitated with the writers, assuring of the closeness of the writers and artists as close partners in the art. She regaled the writers with her microphonic voice as she read one of the many love poems on offer before they were seen off. The D.G went further to offer some money for drinks to his tenant of writers to have their gullets soaked.

      With the first segment over, the chairman took over from there. He introduced Mr. Aji King of Traversals, a computer consultant and trainer and his partner, Mr. Samuel Utodio of Computer Awareness Foundation (CAF) to the audience – on the coming information technology workshop for writers on the deeper and extended connection between InfoTech and authorship.

      Aji King and Samuel Utodio spoke so much about the need to introduce writers to the kind of soft wares relevant to their trade, the place of e-publishing and e-book in today's world, how to make money regularly from the Internet through exposures to its marketplaces; how to get grants; how to run personal website and publish e-books; managing the author's records, desktop publishing; networking writers with other writers all over the world; the publishers operating system etc. The high point of it all was the promise to make personal computers and laptops available at about 3 times less the market price, free websites for all the trained writers that would have to come on the recommendation of the association's leadership who have decided that commitment to meetings, contributions, and punctuality would mark out those to be freely trained.

      Another fascinating part of the training in the offing is the chosen method. Teleconferencing: a method that makes it possible for their foreign partners to be part of the training on-line real-time is to take place at a time never to be flouted by late coming. The whole point of this extensive and author-specific training is to teach writers to be able to learn how to take their writings to near publishing and publishable on the net. The ANA Lagos members present responded on what their expectations are, a process the chairman said was the whole purpose of the training: "to find out from you what your expectations are in order to design the curriculum to meet your expectations." He was to later boast that "the time was over when ANA members don't feel a need for the association because they feel it has nothing to offer them". According to Mr. Ofili, "it is the job of this EXCO to ensure our relevance in your activities as writers. We must keep making sure that you can't do away with us." The workshop is now being scheduled for May 1-3. And they have said it will come with certification.

      After the hardware and software talk around the computer, the meeting melted into the theme of the occasion: Who should a Writer Marry? Piloting the discussion, Chike Ofili introduced the discussion on how Prof. Chinua Achebe's wife chose to marry him. Speaking of a certain reassuring assurance around the man that makes you feel you will, be safe and well taken care of. The former Christy Okoli met young Chinua Achebe from going to protest with a fellow intern why their allowance was below that of their colleague. Achebe the young controller of Eastern wing of the Nigerian Broadcasting Service disabused their minds making them know that the Yoruba lady had a little experience somewhere which gave her the slight advantage.

      This one-on-one commenced what was to later become a love affair after Chinua Achebe began to visit and give her gifts at her sick bed. With these incursions of this deep water, the medical student who was occupying Christy's heart was dislodged. A case that was compounded by his refused to clarify his identity. The question was then posed: Who Should a Writer Marry? Where there certain people or certain conditions that make marriage to a writer work? Inviting Mr. Folu Agoi the past Chairman of the association, and Mr. Babatunde Ayo Vaughan an elderly member to join him on the moderating table, Ofili set the ball rolling to what became a hot discussion.

      Babatunde Vaughan nailed a writer's need for a spouse to "mental and emotional compatibility", while Agoi held that a writer was already married to his art before finding a wife. A constant tension therefore arises frequently between these two lovers of the writer. It was therefore thought that the writer "finds somebody who is looking in the same direction with him."

      The moderator however reminded the writers about the selfish nature of ambition that focuses wholesale on its pursuit.

      Dagga Tolar, a poet and the vice chairman of the chapter thundered "Visionary writing is 100% that cannot leave 1% for love because it can be very selfish and does not even have time for life." Some members, felt writing should not be so consuming as not to be considerate of others. Odili Ujubuonu, a novelist and author of The Pregnant gods reminded the house that marriage and writing were two things that require different approaches. He reminded the house that where he came from, failure in marriage was failure in other accomplishments. He rounded off telling us that his wife kept reminding him that why she fell for him was because of the 60-page love letter he wrote to her. At this point, the whole house went into rapturous laughter.

      Mr. Godwin Oritse of a journalist with the Vanguard re-enforced the place of fellow-feeling and deep consideration for the other person and also some room for God to have a place in the whole process.

      A certain member of the association could not understand why we should be finding a wife for a writer when we have not taken time to know who a writer is. This view was received with awkward silence. The moderator however called upon the Treasurer the only married lady present. Iquo Eke lambasted us everybody for the gross presumption that a writer amounts to just a male. The men laughed to the rebuke. She however drew attention to something particularly disturbing about the Nigerian male that challenges the blissfulness of marriage.

       Maxim Uzoatu, poet and author of The God of Poetry, about the only very regular member from the past that frequents the meeting, though regularly coming late, sitting a little aloof from the over forty people present indicated an interest to speak. The moderator specially requested the mortal voices who had spoken to listen to the voice of The God of Poetry. And he indeed spoke oracularly. "This thing does not work through a mathematical direction. It is just like writing, you can start with a plot but the writing can take its own direction. We have to give allowance that things can change."

      This very literary interpretation and model for marriage was well- appreciated by the moderator. That had barely settled when the boisterous and electrifying Raph Tathagata, the secretary, heightened the moment with his dramatic insightfulness. "I start by saying that a married writer is a polygamist." Foregrounding the rivalry of the art of writing and the act of marriage, Raph went on to deconstruct the whole notion that a writer would necessarily marry a woman who is intellectually inclined. He cautioned that the missing link called understanding may make the whole difference between the un-intellectual and the intellectual woman. He then brought home the force of the point with an illustration. Goethe, Germany's Shakespeare married a village girl from the countryside and the literary establishment berated him for his action. But when they saw the understanding they shared, some of them began to borrow a leaf.

      At the end of the day, it was the D.J. who came to entertain that got entertained by the intelligence and the dramatic manners of the writers. He was asked to play some music if only to justify the cost, but it had become needless. It was already getting late. Besides, there were just two ladies left out of the three present. Much more, with the generous presence of drinks, music meant so little except as what is heard and not listened

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Introspect 1 (poem) (Lovers's Day Special)

Intropect

It was so late in the night
One was, o! so fast asleep
One did not wake mine.

I reached for gold mine

Felt a heel,
Moved up knee,
Reached pate...

So impetuous, so unrestrained,
I reached first fruits, my fountain

I heard some nocturnal bird howl
Not for me the melancholic cry!

Merrily, merrily I sang along,
Meted out the blessed acts,
Dug out the priceless gems.

- Adesina Olusanya (Adeshina)
(HEARTSTRINGS)

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Nymph Yvonne (poem)

Nymph Yvonne

 

I came out last night,

Caught sight of dainty nymph

In drapes...

She basked in silvery breeze,

this quiet twilight.

 I stared at Moon, silvery moon

- Crescent covered

All. you rose above

Horizon. Golden bulbs bulged,

Bearing apples; fine, straight,

Innocent nipples half-clad.

 

Altogether comely,

Charming powerful Spirit!

Could just be the guide... prophtess!
 

Soon, I'll come up closer

To the woods and azure - thence

Gaze, shall I behold you as being this

Graceful still, Yvonne?

 

- adeshina Olusanya (Adesina)

Shina Olusanya
http://igventures.blogspot.com/

 

Nymph Yvonne (poem)

Nymph Yvonne

 

I came out last night,

Caught sight of dainty nymph

In drapes...

She basked in silvery breeze,

This quiet twilight.

 

I stared at Moon, silvery moon

- Crescent covered

All. You rose above

Horizon. Golden bulbs bulged,

Bearing apples; fine, straight,

Innocent nipples half-clad.

 

Altogether comely,

Charming powerful Spirit!

Could just be the guide...prophetess!

 

Soon, I'll come up closer

To the woods and azure - thence

Gaze, shall I behold you as being this

Graceful still, Yvonne?

 

- Adeshina Olusanya

(HEARTSTRINGS (poems) (2005) Page 48 (adapted)

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"The beauty of virtually every verse in (Adesina Olusanya's) 'Hues Lane' consists in its rhythmic flow and simplicity of expression" - The Daily Sun (Newspaper Review)

Blurb/Details of A. O. Olusanya - profile
Adeshina Olusanya is an award-winning poet and an active member of Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA). A professional accountant and manager (MNIM), he was educated at Federal University of Technology, Owerri; Lagos State Polytechnic, Isolo; St. Finbarr's College, Akoka, Yaba, Lagos.

'Hues Lane' is his second poetry collection"

ISBN 978 34398 9 8


FEATURED POEM

Coconut Tree (Haiku)

O coconut trees,
How you adorn Badagry!
Kiss her gently.

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Headlines (poem)

It saddens

Horse rides 'rider'

 

Worm eats pig

 

Ward slaps parent

Son curses mum

Dad docks daughter.

 

Goat eats kid,

Leaving straw fallow.

 

Dog eats babe

 

Servants manage master,

Pupils beat teacher.

 

It saddens

When tenants

Share landlord's gold.

 

Vehicle drives 'driver'

 

When anarchy turns government

Future swaps for pleasure.

 

- Adeshina Olusanya

from: Hues Lane (2006) P.12

 

 

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Diomedes (poem)

Ah! Trojan battle...

Rider slumped as Hector struck.

Horse stopped, wept and fled.

 

- Adesina Olusanya

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ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIAN AUTHORS, LAGOS BRANCH (ANA
LAGOS) 2007 CALENDAR

1. February 10, 2007: Special Lovers' Day Reading.
Theme: Female Representation in Nigerian Literature.
Guest Writer: Dr Razinat Muhammed
Special Guest: Otunba Olayinka Lawal-Solarin
Book Review: Litany by Omo Uwaifo

2. March 10, 2007: Reading-cum- Meeting.
Theme: The Writer, His Writing, His Image.
Guest Writers: McPhilips Nwachukwu, Dapo Adeleke,
Canny I. Armah
Book Review: Love Is Blind by Mufu Onifade

3. April 14: Nigerian General Elections (proposed)

4. May 12, 2007: International Book Fair

5. June 9, 2007: Poetry Festival. Theme: Performance
Poetry in Contemporary Nigeria

6. July 14, 2007: Reading/Meeting.
Theme: The Indigenous Language Question in Relation to
Nigerian Literature.
Guest Speakers: Bibi Bakare, Andy Akhigbe, Jossy Idam
Special Guest: Otunba Eddie Aderinokun
Book Review: Tears of Denial by Chris Akomah

7. August 11, 2007: Reading/Meeting.
Theme: An Appraisal of the Content of Nigerian
Literature, with Emphasis on Language.
Guest Writer: Kalu Uduma
Book Review: God of Poetry by Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

8. September 8, 2007: Reading/Meeting.
Theme: Poetic Rites, Human Rights and the Politics of
Otherness in Nigeria.
Guest Writer: Dr James Tar Tsaaior
Book Review: Remembering Ken Saro-Wiwa and Other
Essays by Adewale Maja-Pearce

9. October 13, 2007: ANA Lagos Convention. Theme:
Remembering Amos Tutuola

Further details on each item on the above calendar
will be released in due course.

Usual Venue: Cultural Hall, National Gallery of Art
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Monkey (poem)

Again she steps out
Lord
Fresh banana..!

She screeches
She beckons
Blinking, winking

Acrobatics...
Monkey, if tales beset fate
Who cares?

They hop from tree to tree
They wink or blink, to serve
They twist or couch - to catch.
In the twilight, they bluff
In the forest, they swarm.

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Freedom (poem)

Listen to me, Earth
Heaven, hearken.

Three years after Union Jack was lowered
The egg hatched
Egg from an African hen
- I came out -
Three years after the Union Jack was lowered
About three scores now
(Freedom was mentioned.)

Not one's been free

We dash to the beach
For breeze
Alas! Still is Atlantic air!


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These Songs of Nature (poem)

Cock-a-doodle-doo! Cocks crow. Lions roar

Tigers pant. Girls giggle. Snakes hiss.

Owls cry. Melancholic cry.

Men clap, laugh, chat, shout, wail.

Horses neigh. Women chat; life goes on.

It should

Ah! Soup simmers. Rivers flow, gently so

Streams too. Thunder storms.

Birds chirp. Crickets chirp.

Birds sing soulful songs

Let no mutt muffle nature.

Let her sing.

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Honeymoon (poem)

(I)
Later in the night
She fell fast asleep
How would she feel?

Prophecies are here fulfilled...

I heard some nocturnal bird howl
Not for me the melancholic cry!
Merrily, merrily sang I along.

(II)
Partner, later in the night
You fell fast asleep.

What did you feel?

"I heard some nocturnal bird howl
Not for me the melancholic cry
Merrily, merrily I sang."

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Monkey and Boy

A boy a monkey took
To nearby tree it took him

Monkey slept; boy fell -
Into the river he fell

Monkey woke, saw boy in river
Drowning, crocodile coming
- It opened its mouth -
Monkey jumped,
Down to the river it jumped,
Saved boy from crocodile.

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Bachelor's Mind (poem)

Here couch I,

Here where one's world's

Darkness strangles Proud Moon's

Stubborn light. How

I lack life's light!

I am a victim of a dark, cold country.

No past, no present, no future

Just myself, made distant to all.

And it seems to me I chase a mirage

It seems I hope in vain

Nay, it seems I'm nothing

But a mere dreamer.

God, help me out!

"The two shall turn one;

Cease to be two but one".

I lack a fraction to make me whole;

The friendly, female figure.

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This Retrogression

Like an automobile moving better with

Reverse gear; like the daffodil

Closing up - opening not its leafage

Even in summer; like the marathoner

Racing backward toward starting line,

So is the process -

Leaders degenerate

Can Apollo act without Zeus' blessing?

Or is Pallas Athena free of her dad?

 

None is immortal, save God's word.

 

Even with his mother's schemes, Achilles never

Gained immortality through god's river.

 

Take heed, you big shot, dazed

With power, bereft of reason

Be corrected, wild beasts

Hitherto tame, now fierce. 

 

 

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Dilemma (poem)

Like lit oil-lamp glowing dim,

Like water current running low,

Like a cistern leaking water,

Like an idiot teaching wisdom,

So are many.

 

I hear no more

I listen no more.

 

Boost not my bile

I hear no more

I listen no more!

 

But someone taps my shoulder

And says:

"To coil into one's shell

Is not safe as well."

 

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Today (poem)

It is dawn: cocks can crow. Today shall rise

The night we've passed

And soon, it will be noon

Then the day should take its beauteous shape.

 

Ah! Ah! Soon, O, it will be noon, and

For all I know, the day must come and go some way

This afternoon from yesterday differs

Nor moon, nor star, nor old Sol be still.

 

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When We Close Our Eyes

When we close our eyes

For a second

We appreciate the realms of blindness.

 

We regard all men disabled

Not just the blind.

 

- Adeshina

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Monkey

Again she steps out

Frenzied, shrouded

With crazy flair

She beckons at Adam;

Winking, blinking, whispering, hissing

Making lustreless, lustful notes.

 

Once more,

These triumphant feats ensue

Hark!

She preys on another. But hush!

What if such woes as defy cure evolve?

Who cares?

 

A dressed monkey stays a monkey.

 

They hop from tree to tree.

Craftily, they wink, to charm

Crazily, they giggle, to serve

Out there, in the twilight,

They bluff. And in nearer forests

They swarm.

 

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Obedience (poem)

Since a sermon was given on that mount,

We set our feet along a narrow path

Ever zealous, we simply obey

"It leads to life; the wide one to death"

We make a choice and go straight

We never look back to moan or sigh

We think not of what the world has in store

We have more than what we left

Thorns prick, thwart and trammel our fearless feet

Still, we go, vowing to stay the course or die.

 

Though far away from the wide way come voices

Mocking, jesting and laughing at us, and

At the wisdom of that which we've chosen;

They are bounded not; they walk side by side

The voices toll wildly, jabbing at us:

"Come, fools! Come treasure some measure of leisure

For who knows? Tomorrow we may die." Yet,

We're moved not to repent or regret.

 

Only a poor rich man eased his soul.

 

Since a sermon was given, yes, since then

We've stridden off and never tried to stray;

A matry was stoned to death as he prayed

Then, being confused, we were scattered

Simon was hanged head-down for praising the Lord

Paul's pate was chopped for same offence

Many of us still die in bonds like mere monkeys...

But that for which we're called stays intact!

Fearless "die-hards." Ahead, staunch brethren, move!

 

- Adeshina Olusanya (Poet/Accountant)

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My Rose (poem)

Behold my Rose
The pope saw her
And took note
Till,
"Lord, I appreciate your work,"
He said.

- Adeshina Olusanya
(from: HEARTSTRINGS (poems) 2005)

Song (poem)

My heart sings
Sweetly of a lass
Singular heiress to me.

She sings for me her song.
She steals my heart away.
I sing this chorus to the song:
"Ah! You steal my heart away."

All the time I sing
I sing gladly to her
My happy, happy heiress.


- Olusanya, the poet

(from: HEARTSTRINGS (2005) p. 13)

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Sleep (poem)

It was late in the night -
The mind flew away
What could the soul feel?
Idle lay the weary heel

Prophecies are here foretold

I heard some nocturnal bird howl
Not for me the melancholic cry!
Merrily, merrily I sang.

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Lakeside Fiesta (poem)

Much later,

Partner was drowsy.

 

Once more,

We'd bit into the peach

- Its very first fruits.

We'd drunk of finer fountain

 

I heard tattoo drums roll.

For each of us they rolled.

 

Lakes, clouds, trees,

I heard some nocturnal bird howl

Not for us the melancholic cry!

 

Merrily, merrily we sang

Along.

 

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More (or Team Effort) (poem)

One more's forced his glorious way in

To learn from Him, to wait

Wait to watch night's lamp burn out

Here where seeds yield flower with weed

Seeds turn trees.

 

Now,

Let's till till sunset

Our ardent souls much more could reap

God bless our comely hands.

 

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Eden (poem)

I like to be in that place

Far from here; far, far away from here

Where things just go right.

 

In that place where good health abounds

No pain, no sickness.

 

Every day a child is born

Yet, no one grows old

Or dies.

 

Birds sing sweetly on luxuriant trees

Orchards blossom so, so well

Fruits are ripe,

Ripe so well for man to eat.

 

I love to dwell in that place

Always.

 

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My Love (poem)

Like soothing ice-cream,

Dear, my love for you is cool.

Oft, I cherish you!

 

- Olusanya

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Twilight (Haiku) (poem)

Sun grins, and parts... Oh!

How Moon smiles her way in! Dawn,

Dawn, come out and feast.

 

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Apple (or Heartstrings) (poem)

I
An apple for two!
By heart's host of daffodils!
Ripe apple's for two.

II
Share out the apple
Midst heart's host of daffodils,
Apple comes to two!

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Here (poem)

for Yemi


There goes my heart...
Where strolls she?
My swell, swell belle.

My heart moves now along
Gentle scent so sweet
Let this frangrance be mine.

No jealous eye or mind prevail

She is mine
O! Mine for aye.

This natural affinity
This rare muse
Now, the misty, powerful wind echoes it
In constant chorus
Joined by joyous tides.

Here comes my heart, my love
My rhythm, my beat, my music
Let me take delight in my piano
I shall play my guitar.

Angelina, there!
See! See that mistletoe... how gorgeous!

Here lies my heart, O Joy!
Dwell here in me
Dwell head to toe
Right here in my bossom

Here lay us both
Here on Lekki Beach.


-Adeshina Olusanya (Ileanujah)
(from: HEARTSTRINGS (poems) (2005) Page 17)
('Love and Romance' section)

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Progression (poem)

to: Babylon

When tattered tents turn mole mounds
Clustered huts turn ant-hills
For village path turns mere thicket,
Village path to Sodom.

My heart, like millstone, sinks;
Goaded, buried, capsized ferry!
To sink! To grope! I'm lost,
This wicked, wasted era!


- Shina Olusanya
("Progession")
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"Pieces of eight", you

Bird on Treasure Island say.

Pray bird, what is that?

 

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Adeshina Olusanya - Poet, Accountant, Manager

Adeshina Olusanya is a poet and a professional accountant. He has authored two poetry collections : HEARTSTRINGS, published 2005, and HUES LANE, published 2006. The books, which contain more than 50 poems a-piece, appear (as to cover pages) on this blog. Thanks.
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